Home Paper -—For lie Heme ["he circulation of this paper is in creasing rapidly. It wil pay you to adveitise in the AMERICAN. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR I)K. IKYING H. JENNINGS, DENTIST. Office Hours 9 A. M to l'l M 104 MM St., 1 P. M.to Ji /'. M Danville, /'. 425 MILL ST., DANVILLE, PA. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty J JH. W. I». AA'QLK, DENTIST OF KICK: 218 MILL STKEKT. oetli Extracted without Pain. Crow n and Hridge Work a Specialty. Kqutpped with the latest and most Improved iuMlrumentfi and prepared to execute the 'most dilticult work. DR. C. H. REYNOLDS —DENTIST.— Offiee, Opposite Boston Store, Danville, Pa. Dentistry in all its branches. Charges Moderate and all work Guaranteed. Established 1892 CONDENSED NEWS. Milton fair this week. Farmers are making cider. Golden brightens the country nmd sides. Corn husking is now occupying the time of the farmers. Long hair is now in style. The foot ball seaaon has opened. Release the blankets and overcoats from the camphor ball. Merchants report increased activity in many lines of fall trade. A number of Danville people will at tend the Milton fair to morrow. Many of the front yards are being dismantled of thiir flowers and plants. The first edition of the Sunday North American was well received in Dan ville. Dr. J. P. Hotla, of Washingtonville, is convalescent after a siege of typhoid fever. Miss Anna Woodside who has been very seriously ill of malaria fever,is now convalescent. The Prospectus of the Y. M. C. A. Free Course of entertainments will be issued next week. The members of Sr. Peter's M. E. ihurch, Riverside, will give a supper at ;he church on October 24. Philadelphia will be in the hands of .he state firemen this week during the convention. Danville will l>e largely •e presented The family of Hon. R. K. Polk have aken up their residence with I. X. Irier, Esq., af the Grier homestead on iloom street. The Fall meeting of the Northumber »nd Presbytery is being held at North mberland this week. There will be bout seventy ministers in attendance. W. J. Rogers has made a number of nprovements about .his shoe store on I ill street. He has put up additional lelviug, repapered the store and en lueletl the woodwork. Tuesday night was the first time on -cord that Catawissa. Bloomsburg and >anville ever got together without crapping. But, then, the fraternal aeliug among th»- Eagles seemed to j»er ieate the whole crowd—Catawissa tern. Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin of •resident McKinley, has been sentenced o death in the electric chair. The date 112 the electrocution will be Monday, >ct. 2K. The day of his execution will e the fifty-second day from the date pou which he fired the shots that re alted in the president's death, and *rty-five days from the date upon which ie president died. Company F Thursday night will re ime its regular weekly drill. The boys ive had a long vacation and it is el ected that they will apply themselves »ry diligently to the work of raising ie standard of the company. The foot-ball season of 1901 opens at eWitt's Park on Saturdav next. Our >ya will have as their opponents the rong aggregation which represents orthumberland The "New York Tribune" c -mment g on"The Puritans in two Conti ;nt»" by Dr. S. Parke Cadman says:"lt not too much to say that this is one of e finest pieces of oratory extant." Frederick Kramer, of Hteelton, form ly of this city, has accepted the man- i jementofthe Hnminelstown Brown! one Cos big store at Hummelstown, ». Hunters this season will run tip gainst many notices prohibiting tres vssing. The Northumberland Presbytery on tesday elected as its representsivt sto e Synod of Pennsylvania Rev. !;ones illand D. D., of Shamokin, Rev. E. C. mstrong, of Williamsport; Rev. W. A. cAtee, D. D, of Danville; Rev. Mr. uce, of Jersey Shore,and Elders David Shelhart, E. T. Mendenhall, O. P. itton and O. F. Ferris. The Danville—Northumberland game i Saturday will lie one of the star ents in the local foot ball season and a rge number of Danville rooters are niously awaitiug the blow of the feree's whistle to see the game start- illontour 3Vmrrican. ' THIS CO! NTRV WILL NEVER BE ENTIRELY FREE: UNTIL IT SUPPLIES ALL OF ITS OWN DEMANDSWITH ITS OWN PRODUCTIONS." VOL. 4<>--N() 40. CLARK HUNTER NOT GOUTY Jury Arrive at a Vrrdict iu Less Than 15 Minutes. The jury in the case of C •mmon wealth vh. Edward Splain, the charge larceny, at 10:45 o'clock Thursday fce noon returned a verdict of guilty as in wanner and form indicted. In his charge the Judge instructed the jury that the fact that the prisoner did not escape from jail when tlie opportunity presented itself had nothing at all to do with their arriving at a verdict as to his guilt in the present case. Had Splain escaped from jail, lie would merely have one more otlense to answer for. Iu the case of Commonwealth vs. Francis Woll, who is charged with re ceiving stolen goods and buying brass of unknown parties, a continuance was granted, the defendant entering re cognizance iu $3(Xi for his appearance at next term. In the case of Cwinunniwealth vs. \V. L. Gouger, the charge being violation of election law, a continuance was also granted, Mr. Gouger entering into re cognizance in the sum of SSOO for his appearance at next term of court. In the case of Commonwealth vs. G. W. Hendricks as well in the case of Commonwealth vs. I?. K. Shoemaker the grand jury ignored the bill. The bill was also ignored iu the case of Commonwealth v». John Kessler, Hawley Bitler, William Martin, Joseph Morrall, Lloyd Morrall, Allen Moody and Roy Robinson, who were charged with the larceny of pears from the pre uiises of Henry Densberger, Gulick's Addition. The costs in the latter case were put upon t lie prosecutor. Iu the case of John Quinu, in which the charge was larceny, the bill was ig nored. A true bill was found in the case of Commonwealth vs. Amos Campbell, the charge being "Defrauding Hoarding house Keeper." The greater part of the time Thursday was occupied by the case of Common wealth vs. Clark Hunter, in which the charge is statutory rape. The case at tracted a great deal of morbid curiosity, the court room being packed. A large number of witnesses were heard on both sides involving a great deal of tes'imony widely contradictory and most unsavory in its nature. The prosecutor is Mrs. Eleanor Eden, ] of this city. Ttie ii jured party in the i case is Ti 1 lie Davis, a girl 13 years of I age. She was subjected to a severe ■ ordeal upon the stand. She made sev- i eral sensational admissions which in- 1 volved a number of other people. The i girl is at present in jail, awaiting trial i for larceny, the grand jury Thursday i returning a true bill iu her case. < Ralph Kisner, Esq , is defending i Clark Hunter, District Attorney Welsh I representing the Commonwealth un assisted. The following persons are on the jury: Abram Hendrickson, James Pursell, W. H. Dye, Isaac Acor, John Eisenhart, Matthew L. Sheep. John guigg, Charles Kehl, Jacob Reeser, William E. Limber- ' ger, George Tillson and Thomas F. Kerswell. The jury in the case of Commonwealth vs. Clark Hunter, returned a verdict of not guilty after a deliberation of less than fifteen minutes. The defeDse rested at 11 o'clock Fri day forenoon. The interim between that hour and noon was occupied by the charge of the court. The case was given to the jury at 12 o'clock. The verdict was sealed anil the twelve men sbgh'lv belated sauntered out of the temple of justice for their dinners. Tillie Davis, herself, was the defend ant in the next case. She was charged with the larceny of a silver dollar from Ida Fox of this city. She was without an attorney and the court appointed Charles V. Auimerman to defend her. The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, but owing to her tender age—l 3 years—the court declined to accept the plea and directed that a plea of "not guilty" be entered and the trial of the case proceed. The testimony for the prosecution all tended to show that the defendant bad acknowledged taking the money. The defense ottered no testimony. The jury was out an hour, returning with a ver dict of "not guilty." The case of Commonwealth vs. Amos Campbell, the charge being defrauding a boarding house keeper, was called for trial at 3p. in. The prosecutor was Mrs Susanna Brumbaugh, Church street. The defendant, an old soldier, who receives a pension of sl2 per month, came to her house as a boarder on May 11 last, the rate of board being $2.50 per week. The . >• dnit remained three months, fall j in.' iu arrears #32.50 for board. Accor 1- j ing to the prosecutor, he made many p onuses although the only money he i pit id WHS $5, which was for washing and ik«- si i vice. When he received his pen- I sio", SIIH said, he denied having it and | finally sa ; d some one had stolen his i mo- «-y. 'J tie d. JVndant being sworn acknow ledged that he was in arrears for board. He admitted that he received his pen sion and that he went to Rieck's hotel. Returning to his boarding house in the night be secreted his money—s20—in the bed. He soon after had occasion togo down stairs and w hen he returned the money was missing. At diflereut | times, he said, he paid money on ac j count and had no intention of defraud ! ing Mrs, Brumbaugh. The defendant was represented by Msjor C. F. <»ear hart. (Continued on Page 4. Second Column.) AS TO SIX O'CLOCK CLOSING > Hour Advocated by the Clerks' Protective Association. S'nce the expiration of the early clos ing season, some two weeks ago, our stores have been remaining open durintr each evening of the week, closing at 8, 0 or 10 o'clock as might suit the conveni ence of the merchant. This is not at all 'n accordance with the wishes of the clerks, who recently joined the Retail Clerks' Protective Association, a union which has as its principal object the closing of the stores at six o'clock the year around. The union has been in existence some two months and a partial agitation if the subject hasmade | it pretty apparent that early closing the year around is practically out of the question at present—that the situation in Danville is not yet ripe fo»- such an innovation. The more conservative of the clerks' are in favor of etfecting a compromise with the merchants under which the hour of closing may betixed at 7 o'clock. There are otheis, however, who are un willing to recede from the terms of the union and believe that if things are properly managed t' e merchants can be made to see their way clear to close at six o'clock the \»vu :oound. A meeting of 'hecei ks \MII !.• held tonight and among other matteis of im portance discussed will he probably the subject of early closing. On lie lytter topic the clerks wid find that they have a great deal to take into consideration and it is hoped that wise counsel will prevail and that what ever may be done will be for the mutual good of both clerks and merchants. The clerks can hope to ettect early closing only by winning every merchant over to their view. They must close all the stores. One has only to indulge in a short conversation with our business men to learn how very far frotr. practic able this would seem to be at present. There are a good many, it is true, who are willing to close their stores at seven o'clock or even at six o'clock, provided closing at that hour be made general, so that no one may be the loser. This proposition, it would seem, is defeated by the stand taken by other merchants who do not take at all kindly to the scheme of early closing, except during the summer mouths, and who un hesitatingly express their determina- ' tion of remaining open at n basis. Mr. Sechler's Narrow Escape. William A. Sechler, Secretary of the j Danville Stove & Manufacturing com-i pany, had an experience Friday that j brought him face to face with death. About half past 8 o'clock in the fore noon Mr. Sechler stepped up to the sand pit just north of the Stove Works to see how the work was progressing. The only workman about the place was Oscar Bailey who was engaged in loading sand upon a cart, which was backed into the pit. Mr. Sechler was standing near the cart with his back to a nearly vertical wall of sand twice his own height. The em bankment was slightly undermined and without a moment's warning it caved in, falling upon Mr Sechler, burying him deeply under the sand. Mr. Bailey by vigorously plying the shovel finally succeeded in uncovering the head of the buried man after which he was fully extricated. Mr. Sechler on Friday night suflered severely from the etlects of the cave-in. He said the immense mass of earth struck him upon the shoulders ami be fore he could »ealize what had occurred his body was doubled up and borne down to the earth under an immense weight which seemed to crush life and sensibility out of him. When he regain' ed consciousness a moment later all light and air were wliut out and he was as it were in a living tomb. He was al most overcome by suffocation when res cued. Mr. Sechler's worst injuries consist of a badly sprained leg and painful abras ion upon the nose. Final Game of the Season. The Old Timers base ball team w ill cross bats with the Berwick nine in a decisive game of the season's series on Saturday, October 12. The battle will be fought out on neutral ground, in all probability on the State Normal ground at Bloomsburg. The game will be play ed on its merits, the Old Timers being restricted to a pitcher, probably Yer rick ami Lewis, outside the regular team. This will be the final game of the season. Despite the rumors predicting a scar city of potatoes this fall, the farmers of the surrounding valleys say there will be a good yield. The late potatoes are fine and many of the farmers will har vest the largest crops for years. The price is likely to drop within the next few weeks. Purchased a Farm. J. B. Cleaver, of this city, has pur chased a farm of 115 acres lying at Oak (irove, this county, of Mrs A. C Roat, who resides at Pittston. DANVILLK, PA., TIII KSDAY, OCTOBEIi 3. 1901. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Brief Mention of the Doings of Your Friends and Acquaintances. Miss Harriette R. Woods, of New York, is visiting her father, Augustus Woods, Mill street. Mrs. E. L. Ammerman and Miss Em ma Ammerman returned to Shamokin yesterday after a visit with Mrs. C. VV. Ammerman, South Danville. Mrs. W. I). Girton with her son, Max well, of Buckhorn, is visitin? her broth er, Laundryman W. E. Kase, Bloom street. Rev. F. S. Vought, of York, former pastor at St. Peter's M. E. church, Riv [ erside, called on old frieuds about town Fridav. - The Rev. M. I). Connor, of Carlisle, spent several hours in this city yester day. Mrs. Arthur Doyle, of Woodhull, Illi- ! nois, who has been visiting Mrs. C. W. Ammerman, South Danville, left yes- j terday for a visit with friends in Shamo kin. Walter Drumheller left on Friday morning for Philadelphia, where he will resume his studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Agnes Bradley, organist at the j State Hospital, left Saturday for Little j Falls, N. Y., where she will take her vacation. Mr. and Mrs A. J. Frick and Mrs. E. j M. Frick, of ibis city, were visitors in ! Bloomsburg on Saturday. Mrs. Mary Sampson, of Palmyra, N. Y., who has been a guest at the home of Zachary Arms, Riverside, left for a visit with friends in Sunbury Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Doyle, of Woodhull, 111., ! and Mrs. F. E. Animerman and Miss Emma Ammerman, of Shamokin, were guests Sunday of Mrs. Charles Am merman, Riverside. Miss Alice Bird is visiting her sister at Millersville. Mr*. Howard B. Shultz, of Philadel- | phia, and Miss Minnie Shultz, of this city, are visiting relatives in Harris- i burg. Mrs H. B. Smith, ol Sunbury, return- j ed home last evening after a visit with i friends in this city. Misses Florence and Cora Beaver, of Silver Brook, delegates to the Epworth League convention, are guests at the J home of their grandfather, Samuel Mot- t tern, Cedar street. Miss Alice I'ayton, Mill street, who has been visiting friends in Williamsport.re- ! , turneo iiorne last r»eiimg. j , Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Curtis returned ; : home Monday morning from their j I wedding trip, which took in the Pan- j i American Exposition and several points of interest in Canada. Mrs. Arthur Martin, of Brooklyn, N. J Y., arrived in this city Monday for a j visit at the home of J. K. Moore, Ferry j street. Miss Anna Evans, of Shamokin, is visiting relatives in this city. Frank Ellis, of Philadelphia, arrived in this city Monday for a visit at the home of 1. T. Patton, Market street. < Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kase, Mill street, have returned from the Pan-American Exposition and Canada. W. P. Kemble, editor of the Mount Carmel "Item," is atteuding the Ep worth Lea. ue convention in this city. Mr. Kemble is treasurer of the Danville District. Augustus Hoiss, Cherry street, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Philadelphia. Mrs. A. C. Snyder, East Front street, left last evening for a visit with friends iu Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Spaide, ofSun bury, were visitors in this city yester day. Rev. and Mrs. L. I). Ulrich will spend the day with friends in Selinsgrove. Miss Anna Nace, of Philadelphia, will return home this morning after a visit with her sister, Mrs. L. D. Ulrich, on Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Thotnis Ward, of Phila delphia, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Russell, Mill street. Miss Belle Beaver, Pine street,left yes terday for a short stay with friends in Philadelphia. Charles Beaver of Jacksonville, Flori da, spent Tuesday with his brother, Jesse Beaver, Pine street. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bevau of New- Castle, arrived in this city yesterday for a visit at the home of Thomas Bedei, East Market street. E. A Burdiek, Fast Market street, left yesterday on a business trip to Stroudsburg. Mrs Richard Morrall left yesterday for lola. Mrs-. Morrall's husband has taken charge ot the hotel at that place. Miss Hester Mauger, Valley township, left yesterday for a visit with friends in Bloomsburg. I Mrs. John l>. Moserand Mrs. Samuel Moser, of Valley township, spent yester day with friends iu this city. Mr. aud Mrs. William Latrerty, of Scranton, returned home yesterday after ,a visit with friends in this city. Miss Clara and Kmery Cox, of Pine Summit, were visitors to this city yester day. Mrs. li. 15. Crellin, of Chicago, 111., and son, Antrim,left yesterday for West Pittson, after a visit it the home of Hon. W K. Hollow-ay John Pardoe, State Hospital, wiil! leave today for Bullalo, where he will i take in the Pan-American Kxposition. ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY ■ Successful Event at Each of the Presbyter ian Churches. The Sunday schools of the Mahoning and the Grove Presbyterian churches held their rally on Sunday afternoon. This rally is an annual event, which marks the change in time of holding Sunday school from the forenoon of the Sabbath to the afternoon. , At Mahoning Presbyterian church the j Sunday school room was quite well fill ed. Along with the familiar faces of the scholars were those of fathers and moth ers. Iu many instances whole families were present, swelling the attendance up to two hundred and thirty-five. Two very interesting and helpful ad dresses were delivered—one by Charles V. Ammerman, Esq., on the subject of "Relation of the Teacher to the Sunday : School" and the other by John Will ; iams on"The Relation of the Scholar to the Sunday School." A class of twenty-one was promoted from the infant to the intermediate de partment, while a large class of boys was promoted from the intermediate to the large room. The collection amounted to it 29, which was devoted to the Sunday ■ school. At the (jrove Presbyterian church the ! rally also brought out a large attend ance. The primary department and the | Sunday school proper were thrown to- ' | gether for the occasion and a very in teresting exercise of singing and respon sive reading was given. Addresses were made by Robert J. Pegg, Superintend l ent of the Sunday school,and Rev. Herr, of Pottsgrove, who occupied the pulpit of the Grove church Sunday. The success of the rally at both places of worship demonstrated the fact that interest in Sunday school work shows j no signs of waning either on the part of the teacher <»r on the part of the community that their labors are design ed to reach. Look out for Burglars. It might be well for our citizens to look very carefully to their doors and windows before retiring these nights to see that they are securely fastened. No less than six houses were burglarized in Bloomsbur? Sunday night, while inSun- j bury also wholesale robberies were com- I mitted. The residence of our former townsman, W. S. Reed, along with that j of his next neighbor, C. A. Kitchen, was among the houses robbed in Bloomsburg. Mr. Reed, however, was not a heavy loser. The burglars were in «e*roh of innnpy •>" 1 Q f this.it seems, they did not succeed in nnding in any of the houses entered. In Sun bury a bold burglar was captured after be had broken into a number of cellars. He gave his name as John Wildt, of Milton. With burglars in our two next neigh boring towns it would not be surprising if Danville were the next place visited. Rev. I. D. Moore's Trial Sermon. Rev. I. 1). Moore, of Meredith, N. Y., preached two trial sermons at the First Baptist church Sunday. Each ser mon, morning and evening, was well re ceived. Rev. Moore is a married man of 38 or 40 years, of pleasing personal ity. His sermons Sunday gave evid ence of original thought and brilliancy, and what seemed to please the members most of all he spoke without the aid of manuscript, making only occasional ref erence to not«s. The congregation lias some 12 or 15 applicants for the pulpit on hand. Two others,one on the ttth and the other on the 13th of October, will be beard, after which a church meeting will be c*lled. If a choice can not be agreed upon three others will be asked to preach trial ser mons and so on until a pastor is chosen. Court Notes. P. M. Cotuer,guardian of Lydia Reed er. Petition for permission to sell rea' estate in which ward has an interest P. M. Cotner, guardian of Lydia Reeder. Petition to pay for mainte nance of ward at State Hospital for In sane. Petition granted as prayed for. On motion of W. Kase West, Esq., the court appointed Charles A. Wagner, committee of the person and estate of Martha Saul, a lunatic,in place of Daniel F. Gouger, resigned,upon his giving bail in the sum of S. Past Chancellor, JOHN G. WAITE. Brother, HARRY SAUNDERS Committee. Motion for New Trial Argued. A session of argument court was held in this city yesterday forenoon. The motion for a new trial in the case of Peter Weaver vs. the P. & R. Railway company was argued at length, James Scarlet, R. S. Ammerman aud Thomas C. Welch appearing for the plaintiff and Hon. S- P. Wolverton and W. H. Rhawn for the defendant. The court took the papers. The plaintiff, it will be remembered, last Juno was awarded damages for the loss of a leg while at work at the Read ing Irou Company about two years ago, being run down by a car on the P. & R. switch. To Berwick by Trolley. The Columbia & Montour electric rail way is through to Berwick and the cars are now running, covering the distance between Bloomsburg and that town in just one hour, which is considered very good time considering the newness of the road. Yesterday work was begun on the sidings along the route. Our citizens are now indulging the hope that the next extension of the elec tric railway will be westward taking in Danville. It can not come too soon. Solicitors at Work. Many people say that solicitors for the sale of tickets for V. M.C. A. star course have not as yet called upon them. Every one will positively be seen between now and the last of October. The reserved seat board does not open until Nov. 8. The canvass is being made very carefully and systematically and everybody will be given a chance to purchase tickets if they desire. Resigned His Position, Charles J. Hunt has resigned his posi tion as clerk iu the Post Office and left on Tuesday last for Philadelphia, where he will enter the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Special Meeting of Olerks. A special meeting of the Clerks' Un ion will be held this evening at 8 o'olock. All members are requested to be present. KSTABLISHED IX 1855. I DANVILLE'S IILII HE ENGINE j Primitive Affair Which Was Operated by Hand. The Philadelphia Press in dwelling upou Hie .State hiremen's convention meeting in that city this week allu>les to the antiquated hand pump belonging to the Friendship Fire Company of this city as one of the interesting features of the parade. The old fire engine, which is one hundred and five years old ami Is therefore one of a very few of that dis tinct type of lire fighting appliances to be found at the present day, would prove of absorbing interest to the peo ple of Philadelphia, as the primitive ap pliance saw service in that cily for many years before it was purchased by the borough of Danville. The "Press" is mistaken, however; the local firemen, whatever their inteniion might have been originally, decided before starting to the convention to leave the old en gine behind and it will accordingly not be seen in the parade. There are a good many people in Dan ville unaware that our fire department is the custodian of a relic of so much value and interest. A visit to the Friendship Engine House Monday found the old hand engine stored away in the barn. It is a ponderous, though not ungainly piece of mechanism, constructed in the highest style of art and workmanship of that day and notwithstanding its great age is still serviceable. The old engine was built in 1796. It was used by the Friendship Fire com pany, of Philadelphia, one of the most famous fire fighting organizations of that city, until some where about 1840 when it was purchased by the borough of Danville. Upon its arrival here the Friendship Fire company was organiz ed. The new company chose the name "Friendship" to conform with the name already on the engine purchased, placed there by its former owners. The antiquated old engine, it is said, was capable of throwing a stream over the Court House steeple, although it was very hard to operate, requiring twenty-four men, twelve at each end. The last large fire at which it was used was when Union Hail,now the Heddens House, burned down, which was some time prior to the Civil War. Y. M. C. A, Will Not Close. The AMERICAN to-day is authorized to state that all thought of closing the Y. M. C. A. building in this city has been abandoned and that the work of fore. The strenuous eflort put forth by the directors to keep the building open has met with a most unexpected and gratifying measure of success. The plan adopted with such good re sults is one proposed by Stato Secretary S. M. Bard during his recent visit to this city. He suggested that the directors aim to raise the sum of $2950 annually for two years. This sum each year would pay the running expenses of $2300 and leave a balance of s6oo, which iu two years would wipe out the entire indebt edness— SI3OO. Canvassers are actively at work and every citizen may expect to be called upon. Many of the present subscribers in order to lift the association out of financial embarrassment have increased their subscriptions, in some instances doubling tlieni, while new subscriptions are correspondingly large. To accom plish the object in view the sums sub scribed are made on a two-years' basis, the pledge providing for the paying of like sums each year. This in addition to raising the money required will finish up the work for two years, making can vassing unnecessary until the expira tion of that term. The directors are much encouraged with the response from business men and others and they are convinced that the town intends to stand by the asso ciation and that its splendid work will not be permitted to cease. It is thought that in a few weeks by constant applica tion the canvass will be completed and a sum of money raised sufficient to place the association beyond the possibility of embarrassment. 'Bus Driver's Predicament. The truck of the McCormick bus driven by A. N. Bailey broke down just beyond the bridge while on its way to meet the 12:15 train at South Dan ville yesterday afternoon. The driver had his hands pretty full for the next few minutes, as he was loaded with nine trunks and had besides the United States mail to look after. The narrow margin of time he had allowed himself did not provide for such an emergency and the tirst thing he knew the train appeared in sight. The delivery wagon of the Minneton ka Milling Company, which just then came along, consented to transfer the trunks, while the driver seized the mail bag and ran for the depot followed by his passengers who were glad to finish the journey to the station on foot. The train was held until the trunks arrived causing a delay of some ten minutes. Brakemau Loses His Life. Daniel Thurston, of Jersey Shore,died at the Lock Haven Hospital, Sunday night, from injuries sustained the day before on the Beech Creek railroad where he was employed as brakeman. The deceased was 26 years of age, a sou of Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Thurston, of Jersey Shore, and a nephew of Mrs. Samuel (4ulick, of Riverside. The last of the tomato crop is being marketed JOB PRINTING The ofiiceof the AMERICAN uein furnished with a large as-sortnien of job letter and fancy type and joi material generally, the Publishei announces to the public that he if prepared at all times to execute in the neatest manner JOB PRINTING Of all Kinds and Descrption. £3jfr"Get our ptices before place your orders. j CONVENTION Over a Hundred Delegates Present—lnter esting Addresses. The eleventh annual convention of the Danville district Epworth League opened its session in St. Paul's M. E. church, this city, Tuesday afternoon. The delegates representing the chapters of Montour, Northumberland, Columbia and Luzerne counties, began to arrive on the morning trains and by Tuesday night over a hundred had enrolled. About fifty more are expected to arrive during Tuesday forenoon. The delegates are as signed to homes with families of the three congregations—St. Paul's an I Trinity M. E. churches of this city and St. Peter's of Riverside. John R. Rote, of this city, is district president; Miss K. Olive Thompson is district secretary and W. P. Kemble, of Mt. Carmel, district treaiurer. Mrs. Q. E. Wilbur, of Bloomsburg, is superin tendent of the Junior League. The convention opened at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with a conference of Junior League Superintendents conduct ed by Mrs. Anne Smiley, general super intendent of Junior Leagues, of Lowell, M ass. The evening session began at 7 o'clock with a praise service conducted by F. B. Hartman, of Bloomsburg. Mrs. R. J. Allen, of Riverside, rendered a solo, en titled "Fear Not, O Israel!"' Miss Roth rock, of Williamsport, accompanied on the organ. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Rev. Harry Curtin Harman aud John R. Rote. Rev. Harman was in his hap piest vein. His address had its usual ring of true eloquence and those to whom the greeting was extended under the influence of the good-teeling, and welcome reflected in every sentence were no doubt at once made to feel thorough ly at home. He introduced his greeting by re marking that there were two other Meth odist clergymen in Danville either of whom were entirely competent to de liver the address of welcoms and that they were "entirely welcome" to do so, but in the immaculate unselfishness of their hearts they delegated that plea sure to him. Rev. Harman was follow ed by John R. Rote whose greeting was full of warmth and good feeling. Fred L. Smith, of Hazleton, respond ed to the greetings. The address cover ed the ground in a very eflective way, advancing a great deal that would serve as food for reflection. Herbert_Wy_le rendereiLfl.jjoUy.. with the addreas of the evening. The speaker was introduced by Mrs. G. E. Wilbur, of Bloomsburg. She spoke on the subject, "How to Win and Hold the Boys." Mrs. Smiley explained that she herself is a mother. She has a warm place in her heart for the boys and she handled the subject iu a motherly and philosophical manner. Taking the boy, she said no matter what his whims and caprices, even though he may give of fense and annoyance to some, he is not to be too harshly dealt with. He is only living out the remnant of savage life that survives in his nature. Citing as an example the inclination to fight so common with boys, she said he was only yielding to an instinct that has passed down by inheritance from the savage state and it does not follow that the boy is bad. He soon passes beyond the age wheu these influences assert themselves. Mrs. Smiley is a most pleas ing and entertainiug speaker and thert were, no doubt, many in the audience much benefitted and who in trying to "win and hold the boys" will hence forth take hold of the task in entirely a different way. At the conclusion of the session the delegates were tendered a reception by the three local chapters in the base ment of the church. An hour was spent in a social way, during which refresh ments in the form of ice cream and cake were served. The exercises of the Epworth League convention yesterday took on a very in teresting character. Duriug the morn ing an impromptu memorial service was held relating to the death of Presid ent McKinley. Most excellent address es of five minutes or more were made by Rev. Dr. W. W. Evans, Fred L. Smith, of Hazleton, Rev. Dr D. S, Monroe, of Shamokin, and Mrs. G. E. Wilbur, of Bloomsburg. To make room for this service several numbers on the prjgram for the morn ing were omitted, among them being the address of H. C. Pardoe, D. D., of Renovo, entitled "San Francisco, 1901, Echoes," which was accordingly heard for the first thing in the afternoon. This address, which had to do with the In ternational Convention of the Kpworth League held in San Francisco in July last proved of peculiar interest, extremely graphic in its description of the treat cosmopolitan assemblage and inter weaving many beautiful descriptions of life and scenery on the Pacific coast. The address of Rev. ». E. Cleaver of this city on the subject of "Practical Methods" was a feature of the forenoon. It gave evidence of ripe experience and sound reasoning while in point of elo quence it was an effort seldom surpassed on any occasion. General Secretary W. D. Lauujaster, gave a very interesting and helpful talk entitled "Right Personal Relation* with God." He dwelt wholly upon thescrip tures, taking up quite a number of pas sages, which he explained in a terse and luvid manner. Miss Margaret Ammerman rendered a solo very effectively. There were two ■trong addresses de i®. in tinned on I'aue J. Ki»l C'oluinu.)